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Jenny Lewis Boycotting Arizona on Jenny and Johnny Tour

Jenny and JohnnyAs previously reported, Jenny Lewis has started another new project with her boyfriend Johnathan Rice. As Jenny and Johnny, the duo has been busy working on a new album. After recording with producer and friend Mike Mogis, Jenny and Johnny have finally released their first single, 'Scissor Runner,' for free download.

Excited to share their collaboration, the pair will be hitting the road this fall starting on Sept. 1 in Santa Cruz, Calif. Jenny and Johnny also plan to play Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival and perform as the openers for Pavement in Brooklyn on Sept. 19 and Superchunk's Sept. 22 gig in Philadelphia.

Unfortunately, due to Arizona's recent immigration policy, the band has skipped the state on their tour in protest. "This bill legalizes and sanctions racial profiling," the band wrote on its website. "They can stop you in the street, arrest and even deport you based on what you look like. We say: f--- that. So many of our friends and fans are of Latino/Chicano/Hispanic origin, and we wanna show our love and respect for them by boycotting the state of Arizona until they come to their senses. To all our rad Southwestern peeps, we're sorry that the brutes are running the show and we hope they get voted out of office."

While there's no set release date for the album, fans can pre-order it on Jenny and Johnny's site.

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A Friendship in Vienna

Jenny:

Boycotting Arizona is just like what "Uncle Oscar" said in "A Friendship in Vienna" which you so brilliantly starred in as a child. The names change but people and their prejudices remain the same. It is good that you are boycotting the state. YOur fans understand. Hold them responsible for their prejudice. I fight anti-semitism in the athletic arena all the time. We all have to stand up and hold the world to a higher standard. JD

July 09 2010 at 12:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Goodspeed

It's responses like that that make me worry about the future of this country. Thank God your job isn't based on your grammar or spelling. (People might start asking for your papers) There's an episode of Bullshit! by Penn & Teller that you need to watch, titled you guessed it... Immigration.

It may open your eyes, slightly.

June 25 2010 at 10:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
cathy rohrscheib

what do you people want.. to hand over the few jobs we have medical help when were begging for it already.you must cause thats what your saying . your not helping imagrents the big word people repeat after me (ILLEGALE) TRANSLATION NOT AMERICAN. so goahead give up your job an live on the street an when i pass you dont ask me for a hand out with a homeless sign in hand

June 22 2010 at 2:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply